Meet The Tiny Bird That Looks Like a White Cotton Ball With Wings

On Japans second biggest island, you may see small spheres of floof flittering via the trees.

They look like small cotton spheres with wings, individuals have actually also contrasted them to cotton candy.

These special birds are referred to as long-tailed tits, or Shima enaga in Japanese.

This particular subspecies of bird are just discovered on this Japanese island.

So what makes these long-tailed tits so unique?

First of all they are absolutely tiny gauging 13 to 15cm long, and fifty percent of that is the tail!

Long-tailed tits normally have black eyebrows (see below), in Hokkaido they shed their eybrows as they change into adulthood.

This only happens on this eye as well as leaves them with a fully white face that makes them appear like mini snowmen.

This totally white face helps them assimilate during the islands long winters.

These little cotton balls commonly relocate groups of around 20-30 and also do amazing acrobatic methods as they flutter about.

Usually they lay 7-10 eggs at once which assists keep the populace numbers up.

They are pretty vulnerable in cool winter seasons, their broods always rebound because of the sheer number of eggs they lay.

Though the long-tailed tit is widespread from Western Europe throughout Russia all the way to Japan, there’s absolutely nothing quite like Hokkaido’s one-of-a-kind version.

With their fluffy little rounded bodies, it’s no wonder they’ve been transformed into charming packed pets.